August 13, 2017 / By Paul Goldman and Lawahez Jabari and Alexander Smith, Euronews TEL AVIV — Israel is often described as “the only democracy in the Middle East.” But in recent weeks it has drawn criticism from human rights organizations by taking steps to ban the pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera. Israel has opposed Al…

7 July, 2017 / By Mykola Riabchuk, New Eastern Europe Not long ago, the reputable Denmark-based international watchdog Freemuse, which monitors the freedom of artistic expression around the globe, published its annual report, titled “Art under threat”. One of the highlighted pieces from the report stated that “Ukraine in 2016 topped the list as the worst…